Want to write a book that makes an impact?
In my coaching, I practice servant authorship, which means focusing on the people you serve and the impact you want to make at every phase of the project. For more on that idea, look at Get the Word Out: Write a Book That Makes a Difference.
If you’re committed to the personal and professional transformation that comes through publishing a book, let’s see if we can work together.
A Note on Memoirs: If you’re writing a memoir, I encourage you to seek a coach who specializes in this genre. My coaching practice focuses on authors writing in business, how-to/self-help, social sciences, and other nonfiction genres. Memoir may be a component, but is not the core of the book.
Nonfiction Book Coaching: Bookends Engagement
Setting out on the right path at the start can streamline the overall writing process. With a bookends coaching engagement, we work together at the start of the project and again near the end, as you complete your manuscript.
Bookend 1: We start with an intensive, one-month engagement, consisting of four or five weekly calls in which we:
- Refine the book idea
- Look at the market for the book
- Discuss publication options
- Make a research plan
- Create your plan for writing the book.
With the plan in place, you are set to start writing and researching. Price: $1250
Bookend 2: Once you’ve written all or most of the draft of the book, we re-engage for:
- Developmental editing of the manuscript
- Line editing to improve the reading experience
- Support for the transition to publication and promotion
- Optional: publication coaching for indie authors
The price depends on the length of the manuscript and whether you need publication coaching.
You can decide to use one or both of the bookends.
Contact me via email to see if there’s a fit, or book an introductory conversation.
Seeking an agent or publisher? Learn more about book proposal consulting.
Developmental, Substantive Editing
You’ve got a draft partly or mostly done. Now you need someone to examine the structure and see if the book meets your readers’ objectives before you submit it to a publisher or hit Publish.
I’ve written an entire book about meeting your reader’s needs (Writing to Be Understood.) I’ll bring my nonfiction geek lens and advocacy for the reader to your project, so you can make it even more effective.
For background: Read this post from Chantal Williamson on Jane Friedman’s blog about the different kinds of editors. In this terminology, I can provide both substantive or developmental editing.
I can also offer a manuscript critique for your nonfiction book.
Here are a few of my clients’ books: